Consensus & controversies in animal biotechnology : an interactive legislative approach to animal biotechnology in Denmark, Switzerland, and the Netherlands / Lonneke Poort.
2013
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Consensus & controversies in animal biotechnology : an interactive legislative approach to animal biotechnology in Denmark, Switzerland, and the Netherlands / Lonneke Poort.
Published
The Hague, The Netherlands : Eleven International Publishing, [2013]
Call Number
KJC6239 .P66 2013
Cover Title
Consensus and controversies in animal biotechnology
ISBN
9789490947941
9490947946
9789460946820 (E-book)
9490947946
9789460946820 (E-book)
Description
viii, 186 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)839256296
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-176) and index.
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Table of Contents
Part I
1.
Introduction
3
1.1.
Research Topic
3
1.2.
Animal Biotechnology
7
1.2.1.
Animal Biotechnology
7
1.2.2.
A Complex Policy Problem with a Moral Impact
8
1.3.
The Interactive Legislative Approach
10
1.4.
Approach and Methods of Research
13
1.4.1.
Definition of the Problem
13
1.4.2.
The Countries
13
1.4.3.
Outline
14
1.4.4.
Methodology
15
2.
A Comprehensive Framework on the Quality of Law
17
2.1.
Introduction
17
2.2.
The Framework
17
2.3.
The Dimension of Fit
19
2.3.1.
Fit with Law
19
2.3.2.
Fit with Context
20
2.3.3.
Coping with Problems
21
2.4.
The Dimension of Political Morality
21
2.4.1.
Substantive Justification
22
2.4.2.
Popular Legitimacy
23
2.5.
The Dimension of Legal Validity
24
2.6.
The Framework
25
2.7.
Concluding Remarks
26
3.
The Interactive Legislative Approach
27
3.1.
Introduction
27
3.2.
Theoretical Backgrounds
29
3.3.
The Various Interactive Approaches
31
3.4.
The Characteristics of the Interactive Legislative Approach
37
3.5.
Final Remarks
40
Part II
4.
Introduction to the Case Studies
43
4.1.
Introduction
43
4.2.
Characteristics of a Legislative Approach
44
4.3.
Conditions for an Interactive Legislative Approach
46
4.4.
The Layout
48
5.
The Regulation of Animal Biotechnology in Denmark
49
5.1.
Introduction
49
5.2.
The Regulation of Animal Biotechnology
49
5.2.1.
The Legislative Procedure
50
5.2.2.
The Legislation in Practice
54
5.3.
Characteristic Elements of a Legislative Approach
55
5.3.1.
Public Involvement in Legislation
55
5.3.2.
The Role of Moral Values in Legislation
56
5.3.3.
Legitimacy of Legal Norms
59
5.4.
Danish Political Culture
61
5.4.1.
Democratic Traditions
61
5.4.2.
The Role of the Public
63
5.4.3.
The Legislative Culture
70
5.5.
Conclusion
73
6.
The Regulation of Animal Biotechnology in Switzerland
75
6.1.
Introduction
75
6.2.
The Regulation of Animal Biotechnology
75
6.2.1.
The Legislative Procedure
76
6.2.2.
The Legislation in Practice
80
6.3.
Characteristic Elements of a Legislative Approach
81
6.3.1.
Public Involvement in Legislation
81
6.3.2.
The Role of Moral Values in Legislation
83
6.3.3.
Legitimacy of Legal Norms
85
6.4.
Swiss Political Culture
87
6.4.1.
Democracy and Federalism
87
6.4.2.
The Role of the Public
90
6.4.3.
The Legislative Culture
93
6.5.
Conclusion
95
7.
The Regulation of Animal Biotechnology in the Netherlands
97
7.1.
Introduction
97
7.2.
The Regulation of Animal Biotechnology
98
7.2.1.
The Legislative Procedure
98
7.2.2.
The Legislation in Practice
102
7.3.
Characteristic Elements of a Legislative Approach
105
7.3.1.
Public Involvement in Legislation
105
7.3.2.
The Role of Moral Values in Legislation
107
7.3.3.
Legitimacy of Legal Norms
109
7.4.
Dutch Political Culture
110
7.4.1.
Democratic Traditions
111
7.4.2.
The Role of the Public
113
7.4.3.
The Legislative Culture
115
7.5.
Conclusion
117
8.
Reflections on the Case Studies
119
8.1.
Introduction
119
8.2.
Characteristic Elements of the Interactive Legislative Approach
119
8.2.1.
Co-Operative Effort
119
8.2.2.
Use of Open Norms
122
8.2.3.
Moral Values
123
8.2.4.
Consensus
125
8.2.5.
Legitimacy
127
8.2.6.
Long-Run Problem Solving
129
8.3.
Conditions
131
8.3.1.
Democratic Traditions
131
8.3.2.
Legal Culture
132
8.3.3.
Ethics Committees
134
8.4.
Difficulties for Dynamics
135
Part III
9.
Consensus Reconsidered
139
9.1.
Introduction
139
9.2.
Preliminary Remarks
140
9.2.1.
The Context of Reconsideration
140
9.2.2.
Defining Consensus
141
9.3.
An Ethos of Consensus
146
9.4.
An Ethos of Consensus Reconsidered
149
9.4.1.
An Alternative?
149
10.
An Ethos of Controversies in a Two-Track Approach
151
10.1.
Introduction
151
10.2.
An Ethos of Controversies
153
10.2.1.
The Circumstances of an Ethos of Controversies
153
10.2.2.
An Ethos of Controversies
156
10.3.
The Two-Track Approach
158
10.3.1.
Why is a Two-Track Approach Required?
158
10.3.2.
The Legal Discourse vs. the Moral Discourse
160
10.4.
A Track for Legal Norm Development
162
10.5.
A Track for Moral Norm Development
164
10.6.
Remaining Remarks
165
10.6.1.
Critical Remarks
165
10.6.2.
Two New Hypotheses
166
Bibliography
167
Parliamentary Documents
177
Appendix I
179
Index
181